Choose your conductor.

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Please choose one of these big four.

Bernstein
Haitink
Karajan
Solti
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dtwilbanks

May 15, 2007, 07:46:44 AM
Yes, there are only four to choose from. And yes, I know some of you probably hate them all.

Thanks for your response.  :)

Don

#1
May 15, 2007, 07:49:38 AM
This is easy - Bernstein by a furlong.

MishaK

#2
May 15, 2007, 08:35:23 AM
Choose them for what?

dtwilbanks

#3
May 15, 2007, 08:36:04 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on May 15, 2007, 08:35:23 AM
Choose them for what?

To do your gardening.

Don

#4
May 15, 2007, 08:47:05 AM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 15, 2007, 08:36:04 AM
To do your gardening.

If that's the case, Haitink is the man. :D

Sergeant Rock

#5
May 15, 2007, 08:47:42 AM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 15, 2007, 08:36:04 AM
To do your gardening.

Haitink, then. He's the most down to earth.  ;D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#6
May 15, 2007, 08:48:17 AM
Quote from: Don on May 15, 2007, 08:47:05 AM
If that's the case, Haitink is the man. :D

Great minds think alike.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

BachQ

#7
May 15, 2007, 08:50:32 AM
Lennie

rubio

#8
May 15, 2007, 09:15:14 AM
Bernstein here, but I deeply appreciate many recordings of Karajan as well (even if he is more uneven).
"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

bhodges

#9
May 15, 2007, 09:31:33 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 15, 2007, 08:47:42 AM
Haitink, then. He's the most down to earth.  ;D

Sarge

Haitink, since he has the most complete set of gardening tools.   ;D

--Bruce

hornteacher

#10
May 15, 2007, 01:35:33 PM
Bernstein.  Whether I agree with his interpretations or not, as a listener I'm always treated to something different.

George

#11
May 15, 2007, 02:26:40 PM

Since I own and enjoy the most by HvK, I have voted for him.

:D

George

#12
May 15, 2007, 02:27:09 PM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 15, 2007, 07:46:44 AM
Yes, there are only four to choose from. And yes, I know some of you probably hate them all.

Thanks for your response.  :)

Trying to decide on a boxed set?  :-\

Bogey

#13
May 15, 2007, 03:09:45 PM
Quote from: George on May 15, 2007, 02:26:40 PM
Since I own and enjoy the most by HvK, I have voted for him.

:D

Yup.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

dtwilbanks

#14
May 15, 2007, 04:34:52 PM
Quote from: George on May 15, 2007, 02:27:09 PM
Trying to decide on a boxed set?  :-\

Nope. These were the main conductors for the big four labels back in the day.

George

#15
May 15, 2007, 05:01:27 PM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 15, 2007, 04:34:52 PM
Nope. These were the main conductors for the big four labels back in the day.

I see. What about Szell?  :-\

Brian

#16
May 15, 2007, 05:06:42 PM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 15, 2007, 04:34:52 PM
Nope. These were the main conductors for the big four labels back in the day.
Who would your four be today?

Bogey

#17
May 15, 2007, 05:07:15 PM
Quote from: George on May 15, 2007, 05:01:27 PM
I see. What about Szell?  :-\

and Marriner?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

PerfectWagnerite

#18
May 15, 2007, 05:44:55 PM
Quote from: George on May 15, 2007, 05:01:27 PM
I see. What about Szell?  :-\

Probably didn't have nearly the amount of time in the studio as the others. Solti, Bernstein, Haitink and Karajan made recordings over 4 or even 5 decades while most of Szell's CBS recordings were made in the 1960s or late 1950s. Just by that alone you don't expect Szell to have made nearly as many recordings as the others.

dtwilbanks

#19
May 15, 2007, 07:09:21 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 15, 2007, 05:44:55 PM
Probably didn't have nearly the amount of time in the studio as the others. Solti, Bernstein, Haitink and Karajan made recordings over 4 or even 5 decades while most of Szell's CBS recordings were made in the 1960s or late 1950s. Just by that alone you don't expect Szell to have made nearly as many recordings as the others.

Yep.
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